The Rays took care of some important business against Jonny Lager and the Sawx last night, which enabled Hondo to reduce his still beefy deficit to 250 powells.

Today, Mr. Aitch will fly with the Orioles over the Angels in the big wing-ding in Baltimore — 10 units on Hammel. Also, he expects Zoolander to pose serious problems for the Royals — 10 units on the Tigers.

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Sources say Bill Belichick has decided to use Tebow exclusively in the Victory Formation because of his extensive kneeling experience … Emailer Kevin Boyle has a new name for recently jailed Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson: “Treinta Dias” … Matthew Meagher emails to say he is all for the Nets hiring Jason Kidd as long as they don’t let him drive the team bus.